7. Hes Feuded With Everyone There Is To Feud With
John Cenas been babyface for so long and an almost identical babyface character, at that that hes feuded with every significant heel on the roster, and plenty of the other babyfaces. The feud hes just ended with Bray Wyatt is the only serious angle hes been involved in since The Rock at the beginning of 2013. His feud with Ryback after Wrestlemania 29 was short and almost entirely meaningless, while the angle with Del Rio over the World Heavyweight Championship late last year was more of a placeholder than anything else, Cena giving Del Rio the brush-off almost before the first bell had rung. John Cena is still the top babyface in WWE, but has no one to compete against that he hasnt fought far too many times before. Whether you believe that his character is stale or not, its difficult to argue that he has anything new to bring to WWE programming in 2014 unless a major change takes place. Without a clear-cut feud of his own to take him through the summer, Cena has nothing to do. Nonetheless, Cena must remain a central part of the show, especially given the paucity of top fan favourites in the roster at present. So WWE are forced to have Cena kill time interfering in and skewing other peoples storylines, taking part in six man tags and one-off matches. Who seriously wanted the remains of The Shield to tag with Cena the week after Rollins famously turned on them? Who really imagines that Cena can take the place of Bryans underdog rebel babyface in feuding with The Authority? As Punk once said, hes the New York Giants, not the Red Sox - underdog isnt his thing. All thats left is to have him placed in over-the-top gimmick matches by the heel boss and overcome the odds yet again. But in 2014, does anyone really think that there are any odds that John Cena cant overcome? Overwhelming stipulations, handicap matches, giants and monsters Cenas steamrollered them all.
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